Phil Ayers BS, PharmD, BCNSP, FMSHP, FASHP, FASPEN

Dr. Ayers received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi. Phil is currently employed by Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He is a clinical specialist in nutrition support and serves the Department of Pharmacy as Chief of Clinical Pharmacy Services. Dr. Ayers is a Clinical Associate Professor with the School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi.

Phil is a Past-President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and a Past Chair of the ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Safety Committee. Phil has served as a member of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Expert Compounding Committee and Past Chair of the USP Parenteral Nutrition Subcommittee.

Dr. Ayers was awarded the ASPEN Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award, 2011 and the ASPEN Stanley Serlick Award for Parenteral Nutrition Safety in 2016. He has published and presented on the topics of parenteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition safety, lipid injectable emulsions, fluids and electrolyte management and acid-base disorders.

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) recognized Dr. Ayes as a Distinguished Preceptor in 2024. Phil was named a Fellow by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Mississippi Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). Dr. Ayers was recently recognized as an honorary member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). Dr. Ayers has served as President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Mississippi Pharmacists Association, Mississippi Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Mississippi College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Mississippi Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

Email: ayerspharm@gmail.com